The wealthy are generally impressed with an idea, that they shall never stand in need of public charitable relief; but a little less confidence would… - Jean-Baptiste Say

The encouragement of mere consumption is no benefit to commerce; for the difficulty lies in supplying the means, not in stimulating the desire of consumption; and we have seen that production alone, furnishes those means. Thus, it is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption.

One product is always ultimately bought with another, even when paid for in the first instance with money.

Demand and supply are the opposite extremes of the beam, whence depend the scales of dearness and cheapness; the price is the point of equilibrium, where the momentum of the one ceases, and that of the other begins.